Sand wasp
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Sand wasp ( Ammophila campestris ) |
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The sand wasp ( Ammophila campestris ) is a hymenoptera from the Sphecidae family . The species is not endangered in Central Europe.
features
With a body length of 11 to 17 millimeters, the wasp is the smallest Central European species of sand wasps . It is very similar to the three-phase sand wasp ( Ammophila pubescens ). Their hair on the head is light and the metasoma is, unlike the similar species, only covered with individual hairs.
Occurrence
The species can be found almost everywhere and widespread in Central Europe , but is usually less common than the three-phase sand wasp. It colonizes open and sandy habitats. The animals fly from May to August and appear a little earlier than the similar species.
Way of life
Unlike the other species of sand wasps, the females of the sand wasp do not supply their brood with caterpillars, but with larvae of sawfly ( anal caterpillars ), which are transported to the nest in flight. The species also closes its nest with a stone or lump of sand, which is then covered with sand. The latter is taken from a pit near the nest entrance. Unlike the completely closed nest entrance, this hole remains visible after the work is finished.
supporting documents
literature
- Heiko Bellmann : bees, wasps, ants. Hymenoptera of Central Europe . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-440-09690-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Heiko Bellmann : Bees, wasps, ants. Hymenoptera of Central Europe . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-440-09690-4 , p. 163 [1] .
